Grading:

  • 20% Listening
– interviews, ads, conversations, songs, film clips, etc. with comprehension questions
  • 20% Speaking
– conversations in class, oral presentations, interviews, skits, poems, etc.
  • 20% Reading
– La Gran Aventura de Viviana (reader), La Catrina, various selections
  • 20% Writing
– weekly journals, written expression on quizzes, tests, written projects
  • 10% Class Participation
- speak Spanish in class, fully participate in all class activities, ask/answer questions
  • 10% Homework
– practice in i-book, class website, quia, and other assignments, some assignments will be collected, others quizzed in class – it is critical that students do the homework assignments (which auto-correct) and that they come to class with questions about wrong answers

Class Materials:

  • I-book - Breaking the Spanish Barrier 3 - Advanced
  • Viviana y su gran aventura mexicana (reader)
  • La Catrina (provided)
  • Numerous on-line activities in all skills
  • Composition notebook for weekly journal
  • Earbuds for listening activities
  • Microphone (or voice memo app) for submitting speech samples

Selected websites and apps: